To sum up

Motivated by the aim to improve the port-city integration and supported by the Port of Vigo’s Blue
Growth Plan, the project combines the redevelopment of existing areas and the creation of new infrastructures in order to:

• Strengthen connections between the city and the port,
• Improve accessibility and sustainable mobility,
• Enhance the environmental, historical and cultural heritage of the port of Vigo.

The proposal identifies two key elements to achieve these purposes:

• Construction of a pedestrian-cycle path to improve accessibility and sustainable mobility along 3 km of the port front. The work is articulated in three consecutive and connected interventions in the areas of “As Avenidas”, “Berbes” and “Orillamar”. In these areas, repair work has been carried out, changing surfaces, rearranging the port space, reducing visual barriers and building platforms for pedestrians and cyclists in previously untravelled areas.
• Creation of an underwater observatory, the Nautilus, installed at the heart of the port to pursues scientific, recreational, educational and public awareness objectives. This unique infrastructure provides a real-time observation point for marine biodiversity. Covering an area of 300 square metres, the Nautilus comprises three piers and two access ramps located at the street level. Near the observatory, 330 m2 of nature-inclusive design panels recreating natural habitats have been installed.

The Port of Vigo’s Blue Growth Plan aims to promote investment and innovation in all areas of activity related to the blue economy. Implemented in 2016, it has established a model for dialogue and collaboration between the port and the city, with the participation of more than 300 stakeholders from the port community representing the academic, public, private and civil society sectors.

Positioning of the project in relation to the Agenda 2030’s goals*

*According to the Port Authority of Vigo

	Directly related	Indirectly related	Not related
Goal 1: Climate change adaptation	x
Goal 2: Energy transition & circular economy			x
Goal 3: Sustainable mobility	x
Goal 4: Renewed governance	x
Goal 5: Investing in human			x
Goal 6: Port Culture & Identity	x
Goal 7: Quality food for all			x
Goal 8: Port city interface	x
Goal 9: Health & life quality			x
Goal 10: Protecting biodiversity	x

 Learn more about the AIVP commitment: Commitment – AIVP

Outstanding features:

• Use of a photocatalytic coating used in two sections of the cycle path, helping to improve air quality.
• Throught the Nautilus submarine observatory as part of the “Living port” project, creation of ideal conditions for scientific research and the development of initiatives in the fields of new construction materials, knowledge of the biodiversity in the port’s waters, reduction of underwater noise, restoration of marine ecosystems, etc.
• The Nautilus underwater observatory constitutes a point for environmental dissemination that dynamises the area, converting the zone into a new pole of attraction for leisure and sustainable tourism.
• Implementation of a renewed governance model promoted by the Port of Vigo’s blue growth plan, which encourages collaboration between stakeholders in the port community, and relies on scientific, commercial and technical knowledge as well as civil society for decision-making.
• Landscape integration of port facilities by eliminating visual by eliminating visual barriers and building a continuous, homogeneous and coherent infrastructure with the surroundings.
• Enhancement of the port’s heritage and local memory through collaborative initiatives such as the “Blue trail: heritage Route of the Port of Vigo”.

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About the Vigo port Authority

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